Hi Barney, > Do we also need `toFloat` and `toInt` functions? Seems like using explicit > functions will be safer than casting. > > For toInt I'd expect an exception if the value is outside the range of > possible ints. For toFloat it might be nice to have a flag > argument to give the developer the choice of having it throw if the value is > outside the range of floats or return INF or -INF, > or possibly the user should just check for infinite values themselves.
I was thinking about those features too. However, I'm concerned that proposing too many features will complicate the RFC and make it difficult to get it approved. It might make sense to have a second vote on whether to implement those features. Regards. Saki
